President Franklin Roosevelt's wife Eleanor planted what was called a "Victory Garden" as part of the war effort in nineteen forty-three.

VOA: special.2009.03.31

John Hope Franklin studied first at Fisk University then at Harvard University, where he earned master's and doctorate degrees.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

His distant cousin, Franklin Roosevelt, began his presidency in nineteen thirty-three and served until his death in nineteen forty-five.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

The official dedication did not take place until nineteen forty, when President Franklin Roosevelt spoke at a ceremony in the park.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

The tradition of marking the first one hundred days of a new president began with Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

VOA: special.2009.05.02

During World War Two, people could hear the voices of world leaders, such as American President Franklin Roosevelt.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

The most difficult national problem facing the administration of President Franklin Pierce was the situation in Kansas.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

President Franklin Roosevelt ordered the Marine Corps to send home the men who had raised the flag.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

Barack Obama's inaugural ceremony will include poetry by Elizabeth Alexander and music by singer Aretha Franklin, violinist Itzhak Perlman and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Theodore Roosevelt was a distant cousin of Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat who became president in nineteen thirty-three.

VOA: special.2010.09.16

And liberal Democrats watched with concern as many of Franklin Roosevelt's old advisers left the government because they could not work with Truman.

VOA: special.2011.08.11

This week in our series, Steve Ember and Shirley Griffith talk about the presidency of Franklin Pierce.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

Faith Lapidus has our story. Their names were Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain,Ezell Blair, Jr.and David Richmond.

VOA: special.2010.01.29

Presidents Franklin D.Roosevelt and Harry Truman used Poplar Island and nearby Jackson Island for holidays.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

One of the people she wrote to was Eleanor Roosevelt,the wife of President Franklin Roosevelt.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

Mister Franklin grew up in the state of Oklahoma where his father was a lawyer.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

Events like this one shaped how Mister Franklin would later work to fight racism.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

And that was how one of America's founding fathers,Benjamin Franklin, came into public life.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

Fifty years ago, a former governor of New York state, Alfred Smith, criticized some claims by President Franklin Roosevelt about the successes of the Roosevelt administration.

VOA: special.2010.09.26

A statue of Fala is part of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

We will continue our story of the presidency of Franklin Pierce next week.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

Franklin D.Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt and Harry Truman are next in that order.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

General MacArthur had been recalled to active duty by President Franklin Roosevelt.

VOA: special.2009.05.24